There is a decision coming down soon from the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, In re Bilski, that may severely limit the scope of patentable subject matter. Hopefully, this will put an end to most software and business method patents, but we will have to wait until sometime in October to find out. Keep your fingers crossed...
Sounds like it's time to start a massive campaign to flood congress and the white house with copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights to remind these jerkoffs where their power is derived from.
Anyone with a science or technical degree can be a patent agent. You do not have to be a lawyer to prosecute patents in the US, just meet the USPTO's qualifications and pass the exam. A patent agent can't litigate, but then most of the work at my firm is in prosecution anyway. If you have a family to support, it's a good job to have.
"millions of patents granted each year"
That's quite an exaggeration considering in over 200 years the patent office has now issued about 7 million patents TOTAL.
Yes, there is a backlog of cases for the examiners to reveiw, but that is no excuse for some of the crappy jobs they've done. Not just in allowances, but I've also seen some rejections on baseless grounds, as well.
So, if something has been BROADCAST, either over TV or radio, for millions of people to see, it is OK to record it to watch later. But what if you forget? Or your power goes out? Should you be deprived from viewing what everyone else in the world has already seen for free? I personally don't see the problem with TV downloads. You can watch it for free on TV, what's the difference in downloading it? Besides, the production compaines have already received their advertising revenue if the show's already run. Can someone please explain how the TV compaines are being hurt by this?
The word "Google" is a play on the word 'googol', which was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1938, to refer to the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google's use of the term reflects the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the Web.
Patent applications are searchable if they are published (many are, but not all), even if the patent has not been granted yet. I'm not sure about abandoned applications, though. In addition, the full text of every patent since the mid-1970's is available online at www.uspto.gov. Anyone, AFAIK, can use this website.
Get an ATI All-in-Wonder card, and watch TV while you work! I just picked one up over the weekend, and I already don't know how I got by without it before. The best part is that my cable internet and cable TV can be split off one line coming into the bedroom!
If you are writing a paper, and you read books and articles relating to your subject, you can paraphrase and still have a new original work. I don't understand how code is different. If I read the source code to see MS's solution to a particular problem, put it down, and go code my own solution, what is the problem? As long as I've not copied any part of the code verbatim, how can they say I've incorporated their code into my own?
Actually, it says that exposure to the coronal discharge from a strong electromagnetic field causes ozone production in animals.
From the article:
"Negative-ion air generators usually don't produce much ozone and there is evidence that negative ions do clean the air and may provide health benefits."
a free country? Please tell me 'cause America's not it, and I for one don't intend to wait until the government comes to take even more freedom away!! Where can a person go to just be left alone?
Watch the little monitor at Walmart the next time you buy a Mature-rated game. It clearly says "Is cust over 17?" That is, of course, if you can see it before the 16-year-old proud graduate of the 8th grade, before dropping out to work full-time at Walmart, hits the OK button and clears it. The problem isn't that children want to play the games. The problem isn't that children want to buy the games. The problem is that adults, whether they're parents, or clerks, let them.
This is exactly right. Why not impose the same penalties upon merchants for selling mature content to kids, as are imposed upon those who sell cigarettes and alcohol to minors? If the retailers had to pay these fines out of their own pockets, they probably would check the person's age the next time.
Who cares about labels such as "Nerd", "Geek" or whatever? My likes and dislikes are my business and no one elses. So what if I love science and computers? I also love my wife and my son. What anyone else thinks about me does not matter one bit. Sure, I was tormented by the "cool" kids in school, but as I grew up I realized those people don't matter to me. I hang out with people I like. That's it. If you're going to be a petty, childish dick, then piss off!
Finally, the proof can be discovered that humans were engineered from the indiginous life on this planet by an alien superrace that will surely soon return to dominate us all!!!!
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There is a decision coming down soon from the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, In re Bilski, that may severely limit the scope of patentable subject matter. Hopefully, this will put an end to most software and business method patents, but we will have to wait until sometime in October to find out. Keep your fingers crossed...
Sounds like it's time to start a massive campaign to flood congress and the white house with copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights to remind these jerkoffs where their power is derived from.
Anyone with a science or technical degree can be a patent agent. You do not have to be a lawyer to prosecute patents in the US, just meet the USPTO's qualifications and pass the exam. A patent agent can't litigate, but then most of the work at my firm is in prosecution anyway. If you have a family to support, it's a good job to have.
"millions of patents granted each year" That's quite an exaggeration considering in over 200 years the patent office has now issued about 7 million patents TOTAL. Yes, there is a backlog of cases for the examiners to reveiw, but that is no excuse for some of the crappy jobs they've done. Not just in allowances, but I've also seen some rejections on baseless grounds, as well.
You forgot about the conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde in the liver...
My point is that the networks are ALREADY giving the stuff away for free, so what's the difference if people download it?
So, if something has been BROADCAST, either over TV or radio, for millions of people to see, it is OK to record it to watch later. But what if you forget? Or your power goes out? Should you be deprived from viewing what everyone else in the world has already seen for free? I personally don't see the problem with TV downloads. You can watch it for free on TV, what's the difference in downloading it? Besides, the production compaines have already received their advertising revenue if the show's already run. Can someone please explain how the TV compaines are being hurt by this?
We need more people like Jon Stewart to actually say whats on their mind.
The difference is that youpaid MS for their software, so they should be liable up to the retail value of their useless software.
Yeah, but they might try and say its a nonliteral interpretation.
According to Wikipedia,
Doesn't sound nonsensical to me.
Patent applications are searchable if they are published (many are, but not all), even if the patent has not been granted yet. I'm not sure about abandoned applications, though. In addition, the full text of every patent since the mid-1970's is available online at www.uspto.gov. Anyone, AFAIK, can use this website.
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Dude, I just bought an All-in-wonder Radeon 9000 last week at CompUSA for $100. :P
Why not just scan it and email it?
Get an ATI All-in-Wonder card, and watch TV while you work! I just picked one up over the weekend, and I already don't know how I got by without it before. The best part is that my cable internet and cable TV can be split off one line coming into the bedroom!
Worf, man, Worf
If you are writing a paper, and you read books and articles relating to your subject, you can paraphrase and still have a new original work. I don't understand how code is different. If I read the source code to see MS's solution to a particular problem, put it down, and go code my own solution, what is the problem? As long as I've not copied any part of the code verbatim, how can they say I've incorporated their code into my own?
From the article:
So, perhaps you should read a bit closer.
a free country? Please tell me 'cause America's not it, and I for one don't intend to wait until the government comes to take even more freedom away!! Where can a person go to just be left alone?
This is exactly right. Why not impose the same penalties upon merchants for selling mature content to kids, as are imposed upon those who sell cigarettes and alcohol to minors? If the retailers had to pay these fines out of their own pockets, they probably would check the person's age the next time.
Well, OJ got off, so I guess it could happen.
Who cares about labels such as "Nerd", "Geek" or whatever? My likes and dislikes are my business and no one elses. So what if I love science and computers? I also love my wife and my son. What anyone else thinks about me does not matter one bit. Sure, I was tormented by the "cool" kids in school, but as I grew up I realized those people don't matter to me. I hang out with people I like. That's it. If you're going to be a petty, childish dick, then piss off!
In other news today, the Earth has been reported to be round!